Demonstration of surface plasmons in metal island films and the effect of the surrounding medium-an undergraduate experiment

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 936-942

  Orfanides, P ^a   Buckner, T F ^a   Buncick, M C ^a   Meriaudeau, F ^b   Ferrell, T L ^c  

^a University of Memphis   (United States)

^b LE21 ^*  (France)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0034409266     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.1285859     Document Type: Article

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